#6 A Pickpocketing Gambler & One Woman Determined to Get Home

Happy Unsung Friday everyone!

It's Friday and that means two new stories from your hosts Annie and Andrea.

This week on Mostly Unsung, grab your trumpets and banners as Annie takes us on a rollicking ride with a woman proudly sticking two fingers up to Tudor London to win a brilliant bet. Then Andrea takes us to the other side of the globe to the frozen Arctic, where one determined woman got left holding the fort and battled the elements to get her, and her faithful cat companion Vic, safely home. Don't worry cat lovers, the cat survives!

Andrea used these sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_Blackjack

https://oceanwide-expeditions.com/blog/ada-blackjack-forgotten-queen-of-arctic-expedition-survivors

https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/ada-blackjack-stranded-on-wrangel-island.htm

Annie used these sources:

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Moll-Cutpurse

https://eastendwomensmuseum.org/blog/mary-frith

https://www.hrp.org.uk/blog/mary-frith-the-cross-dressing-cavalier/#gs.lwcw0r

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